Great addition to any vessel
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Knew it! No one can remember that shit.
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Knew it! No one can remember that shit.
I've ingrained this in my brain by doing hand motions whenever I say "port and starboard". I throw my left hand out to my left when I say port and right hand when I say starboard. The muscle memory stops me from forgetting.
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My left, your left, the ship's left, or the ceiling's left?
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My left, your left, the ship's left, or the ceiling's left?
I think everybody might have left.
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I've ingrained this in my brain by doing hand motions whenever I say "port and starboard". I throw my left hand out to my left when I say port and right hand when I say starboard. The muscle memory stops me from forgetting.
Instructions unclear, just punched my first mate in the groin.
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Knew it! No one can remember that shit.
"Port" and "left" both have four letters. "Starboard" is the other one.
Learned that trick a few years ago and have not forgotten since.
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Knew it! No one can remember that shit.
Between "port" "starboard" "right" and "left" only two of the words have the same number of letters.
Left = Port
For the once per year I have to think about this, that's my mnemonic.
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Knew it! No one can remember that shit.
"no red port left in the bottle"
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Knew it! No one can remember that shit.
This is one the few things I can remember and I have literally no use for it.
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Port and starboard are easy enough in a powerboat (of the type I am familiar with). Tie up port side, sit on starboard (steer board) side to steer.
But what is most fun is remembering what direction in a channel one is travelling in an area where the channels merge.
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"Port" and "left" both have four letters. "Starboard" is the other one.
Learned that trick a few years ago and have not forgotten since.
The problem is that left and right are different depending on which direction you're facing on the ship.
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Between "port" "starboard" "right" and "left" only two of the words have the same number of letters.
Left = Port
For the once per year I have to think about this, that's my mnemonic.
You can also face forward and imagine the word "PISS" in the water.
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It took me until this year to realize the port and starboard referred to what the ship was touching when docked. The left side goes to the port, the other side faces the stars.
I felt so dumb that I had completed Black Flag 3 times and never picked up on this.
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It took me until this year to realize the port and starboard referred to what the ship was touching when docked. The left side goes to the port, the other side faces the stars.
I felt so dumb that I had completed Black Flag 3 times and never picked up on this.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Port used to be called larboard, and starboard is called that because it comes from middle English for "steering side", essentially. Not actually anything to do with stars. But the port thing is true, they had to dock to port on the left because of the steering oars.
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You can also face forward and imagine the word "PISS" in the water.
Is that supposed to be an acronym? "Port Isn't Starboard, Stupid?"
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Port and starboard are easy enough in a powerboat (of the type I am familiar with). Tie up port side, sit on starboard (steer board) side to steer.
But what is most fun is remembering what direction in a channel one is travelling in an area where the channels merge.
Red right return
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Is that supposed to be an acronym? "Port Isn't Starboard, Stupid?"
You could just imagine "PS", but I guess piss helps.
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The problem is that left and right are different depending on which direction you're facing on the ship.
That's why it isn't right or left. That would be confusing.
Port is always left facing foward on the ship. It's on the right when looking towards the rear.
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Between "port" "starboard" "right" and "left" only two of the words have the same number of letters.
Left = Port
For the once per year I have to think about this, that's my mnemonic.
When you are standing in the center of the boat looking forward just remember. Boats are like women! They have PmS! Port (on the left), me (in the middle), Starboard (on the right)!
